Sacramento RegionNew city division aims to streamline Sacramento’s entertainment permits and boost live programmingAugust 22, 2024The Sacramento City Council approved staffing the new division during the adoption of the 2024-25 budget in June. It will fall under the city’s Convention and Cultural Services Department.
State GovernmentCalifornia tried to make Google pay news outlets. The company cut a deal that includes funding AIAugust 21, 2024State lawmakers give up on bills to force tech companies to pay media outlets for using news. Instead, they agree with Google on a program to help local newsrooms and to explore artificial intelligence.
State GovernmentCalifornia bills impacting K-12 graduation requirements, overdraft fees and tortillas roll forwardAugust 21, 2024 | Megan MyscofskiThe state Senate moved bills to help sick students graduate and put more of a vitamin preventing birth defects in masa a week and a half before the end of the legislative session in California.
Sacramento RegionSacramento puts on hold proposal to allow more cannabis dispensariesAugust 21, 2024 | Kristin LamCity staff proposed giving 20 dispensary permits to participants in its equity program helping people affected by the war on drugs start cannabis businesses.
State GovernmentNewsom vetoes pollution monitoring bill, signs othersAugust 21, 2024 | Megan MyscofskiGovernor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to strengthen pollution monitoring, citing budget constraints.
Sacramento RegionSacramento County attorneys union plan strike. Here’s how court hearings could be affectedAugust 21, 2024 | Kristin LamProsecutors, public defenders and child support lawyers want at least the 5.5% pay raise a fact-finding panel recommended.
Sacramento RegionSacramento Community Land Trust acquires its first propertyAugust 19, 2024 | Kate WolffeThe purchase of a community garden in Del Paso Heights will allow people in neighboring tiny homes to have outdoor space, according to the executive director.
Health CareSacramento's teen nicotine crisis: Battling vaping addictionAugust 19, 2024 | Tony RodriguezThe recent rise of alternatives like vapes and nicotine pouches has complicated efforts to protect children's health. In Sacramento, providers, parents and researchers are collaborating to support teens struggling with nicotine addiction.
State GovernmentCalifornia's suspense file shapes legislative agenda for final weeks of sessionAugust 16, 2024 | Megan Myscofski | Laura FitzgeraldThe twice-yearly legislative hurdle is known to be a somewhat opaque process where bills over a certain cost threshold can be held without significant public debate.
John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67August 16, 2024Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.
